Heel-machine



(No Model.)

J. TINGLEY.

HEEL MACHINE. N0. 322,761. Patented July 2.885.

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JOHN TINGLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEEL-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,761, dated July 21,1885.

Application tiled November 8, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, J oHN TINGLEY, a citizen of the United Stat-es,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsyl-Vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines forforming Boot and Shoe Heels, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lrepresents a front view of a machine for forming boot and shoe heelsembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a partial plan View andpartial horizontal section in line .fr x, Fig. l. Fig. 3. represents avertical section of a detached portion of the machine on an enlargedscale in line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a vertical section of adetached portion of the machine on an e11- larged scale on line z z,Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures. y

My invention consists in a novel device or machine for forming orbuilding up boot and Shoe heels, as will be hereinafter fully set 2 5forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the bed of the machine resting011 suitable supports or frame. Secured to the upper face of the Abed Aare two parallel grooved plates,

3o B B', constituting a track or guideway for the sliding plate C, towhich latter is secured by means of a boss, a, and set-screw b, a head,D, having a flange, c, on which is guided an annulus, E.

Rising from the plate() are springs c,which may be either of rubber orcoiled wire, on which the annulus E is supported, said springs havingfitted within them bolts d, which are connected with the plate C andpass freely1 4o through the flange of the annnlus E, thus securing theannulus to said plate C and permitting the annulus to lower when thesprings are compressed.

F represents nail-drivers formed of a series of fingers which, by meansof a plate, e, are connected with the head D, said plate beingperforated and serving to clamp the lower ends of the fingers to saidhead.

Fastened to the annulus E is a nail-block,

5o G, having vertical perforations or holes corresponding to thenail-drivers F and receiving the same; and attached to the block G, by

mold H by screws or otherwise, so as to be lifted with it in theoperation of the device.

On the sliding plate C, alongside of the conibined lift-holder andnaildriver just described,is another similar structure, differing,however,in'some of its features from the outer one, it having fewernail-drivers, three being shown in the drawings, and the perforations inthe nail-block also being less in number, corresponding to thenail-drivers.

On the top of the nail-block, instead of a mold, there is an annulus,O', having a recess, h, of a depth sufficient to receive the top orfinishing lift, and of form corresponding to that of the heel-seat lift,and so placed as to be in line therewith.

Snitably journaled in bearings on the frame of the machine is a shaft,J, carrying on one end a wheel and clutch mechanism, the latter beingproperly connected with a treadle, and on the other, Va cam whichoperates a plunger or driver, K, which is suitably fitted in guideswhich are secured to said frame.

Depending from and attached to the driver K are prongs or forks L, whichare adapted to pierce the heel, for purposes to be hereinafterexplained.

Pivoted to the bed A is a stop, M, having -one of its ends 7c curved orhooked, and provided with a handle, l. N represents an angleblockattached to the bed A,'and provided with a screw, m. v

For the purpose'of adjustment, so as to accommodate the machine to heelsof different thicknesses, washers n are placed, as required, between theplate C and the head.

rlhe operation of the machine is as follows: The lifts, except thefinishing and the heelseat ones, are placed in the recess g of the moldH, the heel-seat lift being pressed Within the curb O, so as to be heldfirmly during the pressure and nailing, said parts being detached fromthe nail-block G, the holes of Which are supplied with the necessarynails.

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The mold and curb arethen attached to the block G by means of thedowel-pinsf, and the plate C is slid inward until the end bears againstthe screw m of the block N, which is adjusted so that the mold H willregister or be in proper position beneath the plunger or driver K. Theshaft J is rotated, and the said plunger or driver K lowered by means ofthe cam onsaid shaft J, causing the parts H, G, and E to be depressed onthe springs C', whereby the-nail-drivers F force the nails placed in thenail-block G into the lifts which are in the recess g, so that they arefastened together, leaving, however, the nails projecting aboutone-eighth of an inch, also causing Vthe prongs L to enter the upperlifts. The continued rotation of the shaft J raises the driver K andtheunder lifts of the heels, the latter being attached to the said driverby the prong L having been inserted therein. The springs C', preferablyformed of rubber, resist the power of the plunger until the leather isfirmly pressed before the nails enter it, (the nail being shorter thanthe perforations holding them then, being pressed, theleather is forceddown upon the nails, which stand upon an inflexible base. The parts E,G, and H are readily returned by the said spring to their normalposition when the plunger is raised. The sliding plate C is then broughtback far enough to come in contact with the curved end 7c 1of the stopM, which, by means of the handlel, may be swung in front of the saidplate C, whenY the upper part of the second-lift holder having therecess h', which contains the iinishin glift, will be beneath the driverK. The shaft J is then rotated, and the driver K, having thepartly-completed heel on the prong L, descending, forces down the partsof the finish ing-lift holder, so that the finishing lift is fastened tothe other part of the heelthe first stroke entering the finishing liftfrom above, while the three nails of the second driver enterfrom below.The farther rotation of the shaft lifts the heel with the plunger, whenit may be detached therefrom and the operation y repeated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is*- 2. In a machine for building up boot andshoe heels, a nailing device composed of a head, D, having a flange, anannulus, E, guided on said ange, springs C, supporting said annulus, andnail-driver F, secured to said head D, substantially as and for thepurpose set Y Y forth.

3. A combined lift-holder and nailing def vice composed of the springsO, annulus E, head D, having flange, and provided with naildrivers F,nail-block G, lift-mold H, having lrecess g, and curb O, all of saidparts being arranged and combined substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

4. In a machine vfor building up boot and shoe heels, a table, incombination with a sliding plate, having two combined lift-holders andnailing device thereon, a plunger, and means attached to said tablewhereby the said combined lift-holders and nail-drivers may each be madeto register with said plunger, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

5. The bed A, in combination with the sliding plate G, carrying acombined lift-holder and nailing device, the plunger K, having prongs L,means for actuating said driver, the block N, having set-screw n, and astop, M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6, The sliding plate C, in combination with the nail-support D, annulusE, having flanges e, nail-drivers F, nail-block G, and lift-moldH,having recess h,said annulus G being loosely attached to said plate Cby bolts having rubber springs thereon, substantially as and for thepurposeset forth.

7. In a machine for forming boot and shoe heels, a detachable mold, incombination with a curb and an annulus having a recess, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

' JOHN TINGLEY.

Vitnesses:

J orrN A. VIED'ERsHEIM, A. P. GRANT.

